Interesting Links for 19-12-2023

[andrewducker]

1. Reminder that just because you've been asked a question it doesn't mean you have to accept it as valid.

(tags:lgbt questions video )

2. Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real

(tags:ai fraud photos )

3. What is a two state solution and do Israelis and Palestinians want one?

(tags:israel palestine )

4. Looks like a colour version of Mickey Mouse also goes into the public domain at the end of the year

(tags:Disney art colour intellectual_property copyright )

5. Oh Good, Hurricanes Are Now Made of Microplastics

(tags:wind plastic doom environment )

Comments

Microplastics

[bens_dad]

2. How many 'o's did you mean to have in "Good" ?

I've read that there is also a lot of cotton in these samples. Both are likely to come from clothes washing machines. I don't think anyone really knows whether microscopic cotton fibres are any less harmful then micro-plastics.

Re: Microplastics

[snippy]

Microscopic cotton, being a plant material, is at least likely to break down rather than rattle around the air and the seas and the land and inside our bodies continuing to do damage.

Re: Microplastics

[channelpenguin]

Any small particles are bad if they get into the lungs. Regardless of natural or not. But I don't know if we're talking about stuff that small...

2. Oh Good, Hurricanes Are Now Made of Microplastics

[anef]

Doom!

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[channelpenguin]

Sad but inevitable.

I hope the "inbreeding" kills all the shitty use cases sooner rather than later. Then we can get on with harnessing the true potential of computer/human collaboration.